Archive for July 7th, 2008

Canon to build new camera factory in Nagasaki, Japan

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Canon, the world's largest maker of digital cameras, plans to build a new plant to keep up with demand of global market, according to media report on Monday. The new plant will be built in Nagasaki on Japan's southern island of Kyus ...

Senior Arab official warns of oil price hike if Iran attacked

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A senior Arab official warned that oil prices would jump to more than 200 U.S. dollars a barrel if Iran was militarily attacked, the Egyptian state MENA news agency reported on Sunday. Secretary General of the Council of Arab Econom ...

OPEC president predicts further rise in oil prices

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Oil prices are likely to rise further largely due to a weak dollar and geopolitics, Chakib Khelil, president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said Sunday. "The price of oil will rise again in the comi ...

Bus exploded in central Sri Lanka

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A bus was exploded in central Sri Lanka on Monday, officials said. Source:Xinhua ...

Thai supreme commander denies coup rumors

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Thailand's Supreme Commander Gen. Boonsang Niempradit on Monday denied the rumors about a possible coup d'etat in the country, saying there is no signal or indication of any military movement. Speaking of the anti-government civil g ...

UN expresses concern over civilian casualties, attack on aid convoys

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The special envoy of the United Nations Secretary General to Afghanistan Kai Eide on Monday expressed deep concern over civilian casualties and attacks against aid convoys in the war-torn nation. "With regard to civilian casualties, ...

Protesters blocks Thailand’s police headquarters

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Thousands of demonstrators from the civil group People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Monday rallied at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters in Bangkok denouncing some senior police officers and the current government for doing in favor of ...

Zambia traces suspect behind rumor of President death

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The Zambian government has traced the man suspected to have started the rumor in South Africa last Thursday that Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa had died, according to The Post. In an interview in Lusaka on Sunday, Zambian high com ...